The upcoming edition of Trans-Hitos is themed “Cycles”.
February 6th. As in previous years Tile of Spain has partnered with ICEX Spain Trade and Investment to invite more than 100 journalists from leading architecture, interior design and ceramic magazines from all over the world to visit the show, with the aim of boosting the Spanish industry’s international business. PROGRAM OF EVENTS CEVISAMA has scheduled a number of events that seek to add value to visitors’ experience of the fair. These events are targeted at specifiers and include:
CEVISAMA: A NEW REALITY C
EVISAMA, the Spanish ceramic tile industry’s foremost trade fair, is expecting 2018 to be a record edition. In response to growing demand from exhibitors seeking space at the upcoming show, Feria Valencia has made a new pavilion available (6B) and is doubling its sales and marketing initiatives in order to recruit more than the 84,000 buyers who registered as visitors last year. Manufacturers from Spain’s ceramic tile industry will be showing fascinating products at the fair that will appeal to both their customers in the home market and to the growing international audience that visits. In 2017, almost 20% of all professionals who visited came from outside of Spain. Tile of Spain – ASCER’s traditional international press conference is once again slated to
The 36th edition of CEVISAMA takes place from February 5-9, 2018 at the Feria Valencia exhibition center. Demand for space this time has been far in excess of expectation and an extra hall has been added. take place, where it will present topline figures from the industry together with the sector’s strategy for the future. It will also be hosting the Ceramic Tile Awards for Architecture, Interior Design and Graduate Projects on Tuesday,
Trans-hitos: exhibition of architectural and design projects centered on the use of ceramic as a construction material and means of expression. This year’s theme, ‘Cycles’, alludes to a new way of perceiving architecture, illustrated in different spaces: the University of Harvard Graduate School of Design (USA) is creating a space where huge sheets of ceramic form interlaced arches to fashion a pergola; Elena Oleza and Louis SIcard, winners of the CEVISAMA, ASCER AND ITC competition, will be showing their “Celosía” project, and Wesam Asali, winner of the Graduate Project category of the 2017 Ceramic Tile Awards, will be showing his “Ceramic Vault”. As ever, the winning designs from the Ceramic Awards will be on display along with projects by students from the Network of Ceramic Studies Departments. Both the Awards and the Network are ASCER initiatives. Architecture and Design Forum: a series of lectures delivered by high-profile speakers from the fields of architecture, interior design and industrial design. Alfa de Oro Awards:the Spanish Ceramic and Glass Society (SECV) awards this accolade, which recognizes excellence in research, development and innovation that complements and contributes to the development of Spain’s ceramic tile sector. The awards are given to companies. International Ceramic Design Competition: stimulating creativity amongst students of design, fine art, architecture and engineering worldwide.
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